Heuchera plant named ‘TNHEUNEA’

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct  Heuchera  plant characterized by amber colored leaves, medium size, slightly lobed, geranium-like leaves, yellow green flowers in short spikes in spring, not free flowering, good sun tolerance, a medium large, mounding habit with excellent crown count, and excellent vigor.

Botanical denomination: Heuchera hybrid.

Variety designation: ‘TNHEUNEA’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Heucheraand given the cultivar name of ‘TNHEUNEA’. Heuchera is in the familySaxifragaceae. Heuchera ‘TNHEUNEA’ originated as a controlled crossusing Heuchera ‘K993-5’, a proprietary, unpatented, unnamed plant as theseed parent, and Heuchera ‘K1000-1’, a proprietary, unpatented, unnamedplant as the pollen parent. These parents are a result of breeding usinghardy Heuchera richardsonii with proprietary hybrid lines. Heuchera‘TNHEUNEA’ was bred to be a large, hardy, landscape plant with leaves ofa solid color.

Compared to the seed parent, Heuchera ‘K993-5’, the new cultivar hasamber leaves rather than lime.

Compared to the pollen parent, Heuchera ‘K1000-1’, the new cultivar hasa larger habit.

Compared to Heuchera ‘Cherry Cola’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 22,967, the newcultivar has a larger habit and larger leaves. The foliage of the newcultivar is amber colored rather than soft red. The flowers of the newcultivar are yellow green rather than rust red.

This new Heuchera is uniquely distinguished by:

-   -   1. amber colored leaves,    -   2. medium size, slightly lobed, geranium-like leaves,    -   3. yellow green flowers in short spikes in spring, not free        flowering    -   4. good sun tolerance,    -   5. a medium large, mounding habit with excellent crown count,        and    -   6. excellent vigor.

This new cultivar has been reproduced only by asexual propagation (tipcuttings and tissue culture using growing tips). Each of the progenyexhibits identical characteristics to the original plant. Asexualpropagation in 2013 by cuttings and tissue culture using standardmicropropagation techniques with terminal and lateral shoots, as done inCanby, Oreg., shows that the foregoing characteristics and distinctionscome true to form and are established and transmitted through succeedingpropagations. The present invention has not been evaluated under allpossible environmental conditions. The phenotype may change withvariations in environment without a change in the genotype of the plant.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows 18-month-old plants of Heuchera ‘TNHEUNEA’ just beginningto flower growing in the trial bed in late April in Canby, Oreg.

FIG. 2 shows three-year-old plants in mid-July in the trial beds inCanby, Oreg.

DETAILED PLANT DESCRIPTION

The following is a detailed description of the new Heuchera cultivarbased on observations taken in April of one-year-old specimens growingin the trial field in June in Canby, Oreg. Canby is Zone 8 on the USDAHardiness map. Temperatures range from a high of 95° F. in August to anaverage of 32° F. in January. Normal rainfall in Canby is 42.8 inchesper year. The color descriptions are all based on The RoyalHorticultural Society Colour Chart, 5^(th) edition, 2007.

-   Plant:    -   -   Form.—Basal rosette, herbaceous perennial.        -   Hardiness.—USDA Zone 4 to 9.        -   Size.—20 cm tall from top of the foliage to the ground and            38 cm wide.        -   Number of crowns.—About 20.        -   Habit.—Medium, mounding.        -   Vigor.—Excellent.-   Leaf:    -   -   Type.—Simple.        -   Arrangement.—Rosette.        -   Shape.—Broadly ovate to orbicular.        -   Number.—About 200.        -   Blade size.—Grows to 11 cm long and 9.5 cm wide.        -   Venation.—Palmate.        -   Lobing/division.—7 shallow palmate lobes.        -   Margins.—Crenate, slightly undulate.        -   Apex.—Mucronulate.        -   Base.—Cordate, strongly overlapping and sometimes spiraling            in.        -   Surface texture.—Glandular-puberulent on both sides.        -   Leaf rugosity.—Absent.        -   Petiole description.—Grows to 15 cm long and 3.5 mm wide,            glandular hairs, Greyed Orange 177B.        -   Leaf color.—Variable depending on temperature and light:            spring new leaves, top side Greyed Orange 175B, veins 174D,            bottom side Greyed Purple 183D with veins 177D; mature            leaves late spring leaves topside Greyed Orange 165C, veins            165B, bottom side Greyed Purple 182B, veins 165B; summer            leaves Greyed Orange 164A to 164C, sometimes tinted Greyed            Red 178B.-   Inflorescence:    -   -   Size.—Grows to 7 cm wide and 12 cm long.        -   Type.—Upright thyrse.        -   Number of flowers per thyrse.—About 210.        -   Number of thyrse.—About 4.        -   Peduncle.—Grows to 36 cm long and 3 mm wide at base,            glandular hairs, Greyed Purple 183B.        -   Pedicel.—Grows to 2 mm long, with glandular hairs, Greyed            Purple 183B.        -   Bloom period.—Late April to June in Canby, Oreg.-   Flower bud:    -   -   Size.—2 mm wide and 3 mm long.        -   Description.—Glandular puberulent, ovoid, down facing.        -   Color.—Yellow Green 152D.-   Flower:    -   -   Type.—Perfect.        -   Shape.—Campanulate.        -   Attitude.—Side and down-facing.        -   Size.—5 mm long and 3 mm wide.        -   Corolla description.—5 petals, each 2.5 mm long and less            than 1 mm wide, spatulate, margins entire, tip acute,            glandular-puberulent on backside, glabrous inside, both            sides Yellow Green 152D.        -   Calyx description.—Campanulate, 4 mm long and 3 mm wide,            with 5 lobes with wide sinuses divided ½ way to the base,            each 1.5 mm wide and 2 mm long, oblong in shape, back side            glandular-puberulent with glandular hairs (Greyed Purple            183B), glabrous inside, tip obtuse, margin entire, both            sides Yellow Green 152D.        -   Stamen description.—5 in number, filaments 1 mm long, Yellow            Green 152D, anthers 0.5 mm long, Orange 26A, pollen none.        -   Pistil description.—1, 2-beaked, 5 mm long and 2 mm wide,            Yellow Green 152D overall, ovary 2 mm long and 2 mm wide,            style 2 mm long.        -   Fragrance.—None.        -   Lastingness.—Each thyrse blooms for about 3 weeks on the            plant.-   Fruit and seed: None seen.-   Pest and disease tolerance: The new cultivar is typical to the    genus. No known resistances to pests or diseases. No problems have    been found in Canby, Oreg.

I claim:
 1. A new and distinct Heuchera plant as herein illustrated anddescribed.